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Sharon Springs, KS

987 Population
0.9 square miles 1,093.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wallace County: 42 † ±4.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,962 ±$3,052 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wallace County: $25,262 † ±$2,814
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$48,529 ±$2,616 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wallace County: $49,632 † ±$5,993
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

17.1% ±8.5% (164  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wallace County: 12.5% † 194 (±6.1% / ±96)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

13.5 minutes ±0.7 (4,530  ±1,144) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wallace County: 15 † 9,095 (±2.5 / ±2,128)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

400 ±75 Number of households
  • Wallace County: 651 ±73
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.4 ±0.6 (959  ±146) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wallace County: 2.4 † 1,555 (±0.3 / ±117)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

13.9% ±10.9% (27  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wallace County: 11.4% † 30 (±8% / ±22)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

472 ±74 Number of housing units
  • Wallace County: 795 ±62
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$68,800 ±$22,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wallace County: $84,500 ±$6,777
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

20.4% ±10.3% (196  ±103) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wallace County: 14.1% † 219 (±6.7% / ±105.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

95.4% ±22.6% (616  ±100.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wallace County: 94.7% 1,036 (±8% / ±121.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
26.9% ±7.4% (174  ±56.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wallace County: 29.4% † 322 (±5.3% / ±63.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.8% ±3% (28  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wallace County: 3.7% † 59 (±2.9% / ±46)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

15.2% ±4.1% (108  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wallace County: 12.5% † 148 (±2.6% / ±33)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
108 Total veterans ±34 100 Male ±34 8 Female ±7

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